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VIEW OF THE COMMERCE 



BETWEEN THE 



UNITED STATES 



RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL 



INCLUDING 

The Number of Arrivals of American, English, French, and all other Foreign Vessels, - 

with the exact Amount of their respective Importations for the month 

of January, up to the month of September, 1S36, inclusive. 



A succinct Statement of the General Commerce van Rn de Janeiro, and the other Commercial Ports of 

the Empire frequented by American and European Vessels; their Geographical. Positions, 

Products, and Population, General Imports from the United States, and Exports 

in return from Rio de Janeiro ; General Tariff for 1837 ; Extent in 1S38.. 

EMBELLISHED WITH 

A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE MAP OF THE ENTIRE HARBOR OF RIO 
DE JANEIRO, SOUNDINGS AND ANCHORAGE. 



BY JOHN M/ BAKER, 

LATE UNITED STATES CONSUL FOR RIO DE JANEIRO AND DEPENDENCIES. 

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WASHINGTON; D. C. 

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. 

1838. 



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RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 

TO THE 

Commercial Community of the United States: 

The Author, formerly Consul of the United States, in 
the Mediterranean, and publisher of a work entitled, " A 
View of the Commerce of the Mediterranean, 55 publish- 
ed in Washington City, in 1819, — and from 1832, 
United States Consul at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, who 
now respectfully offers to his fellow citizens this small 
work, being " general information of the commerce be- 
tween the United States and Rio de Janeiro, 55 resulting 
from a practical knowledge of business, and facilitated 
by the knowledge of the language, with the geographi- 
cal position, products, population, &c, of the different 
ports in the Empire, likewise frequented by American 
Vessels, viz: — Rahia, Pernambuco, Maranhan, Para, 
Santos, St. Catharines, and Rio Grande do Sal, — his 
labours proving useful to our interesting and extensive 
commerce, and favoured by the approbation of an enter- 
prising and enlightened people, will attain his utmost 
wishes and highest gratification. 

JOHN M, BAKER. 



A VIEW, ETC. 



The United States trade with Rio de Janeiro, is con- 
siderable from the quantities of coffee exported home- 
ward, and many yearly shipments by American orders 
to the North of Europe, Antwerp, and Trieste. 

Its general imports are that of flour, of which article 
there is an annual consumption in the city and province 
of from ninety to ninety-five thousand barrels, the adja- 
cent coast likewise calls for a constant supply, and it 
is only when the crops have failed in the United States 
that recourse has been had to other countries. That 
generally to the Cape of Good Hope for wheat ; and 
partially to the South of France for small supplies of 
flour. In 1837 considerable quantities of flour were 
imported at Rio de Janeiro from Bordeaux, &c. 

Tea, an article of common use and of great con- 
sumption, is now imported from the United States in 
consequence of the decrease of the trade of this country 
with the East Indies — quantities of European merchan- 
dise are imported from the United States, especially 
such as are debenture goods, consisting of cordage, 
Russia ducks, nankeens, and India goods, generally, 
&c, likewise home manufactured stout and low priced 



cottons, sperm candles, soap, &c, &c, and of late some 
few cargoes of ice have arrived from Boston, which 
have paid a handsome freight. Apples have proved to 
arrive sound in these vessels, and in small parcels, say 
of one hundred barrels, have sold for ten dollars per 
barrel. Some few whalers, especially from the coast of 
Patagonia, touching here for provisions, have generally 
sold their oil to advantage; lumber and spars, have also 
paid a good freight. 

Our vessels return principally to the United States, 
some likewise are ladened for the North of Europe and 
a few for Trieste, &c. 

The bulk of their cargoes consist of coffee, the pro- 
duct of the Province of Rio de Janeiro, and ports adja- 
cent, brought round by coasters, and that from the inte- 
rior by the conveyance of mules. 

Sugar is likewise shipped, as well as ox and horse 
hides, and ox horns with choice woods for the making 
of cabinet furniture. 

N. B. The nett proceeds of a cargo of flour, say three 
thousand barrels, being upon on average, about thirty 
thousand dollars, When such articles composes the 
bulk of the cargo — arriving to take in a return cargo ol 
coffee, the said coffee at an average will amount to up- 
wards of fifty thousand dollars, consequently the defi- 
ciency is in general made up by bills drawn on London 
by the purchaser, and in case of little or no cargo being 
shipped in the United States for this operation, a credit 



on London is commonly sent to the purchaser here 5 to 
avail of favourable exchange to realize the necessary 
funds for said purchase, and a certain number of ves- 
sels from Boston arriving here for coffee, come in bal- 
last, of late some with ice, and generally the amount 
necessary for the purchase of a cargo of coffee, is re- 
mitted in bills on London. When bills are not sent, 
specie is remitted, say, in gold " Spanish doubloons' 
or in silver " Spanish pillared dollars." This money is 
exchanged at the most favourable rate for paper curren- 
cy of the country to satisfy payment for the produce 
purchased. The commercial transactions at Rio de Ja- 
neiro, as regards operations of paper, are influenced by 
the amount of bills in market on London, or vice versa, 
the deficiency. Considerable sums are required for re- 
mittances at all times to satisfy in part the amount of 
heavy shipments of manufactured goods, &c, constant- 
ly sent from England, Ireland, and Scotland, to their 
factors or agents here. Therefore the rise or fall of ex- 
change between this city and London, w T holly depends 
upon casualty which cannot be foreseen, and the case 
has occurred, when on the meeting upon the exchange 
at the hour of ten, bills have been sold for thirty-six 
pence sterling per mil reis, and before exchange hours 
were over, operations have been transacted at thirty- 
four, and even thirty-two pence per mil reis, and upon 
other occasions vice versa; thence the instability and 
fluctuations of exchange negotiations in this city. 



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Exchange on the United States is very nominal, and 
it is seldom that purchasers offer for purposes of com- 
merce, for the reasons before stated, that the amount of 
exports homeward and American orders for Europe do 
considerably exceed that of imports ; thence, unless by 
some very favourable occurrence, drafts upon the Uni- 
ted States can seldom be negotiated with equal advan- 
tage of drafts upon London. Gold and silver are an 
article of speculative exchange which varies daily, and 
is influenced by the paper exchange on London, (like- 
wise momentarily by the importation of certain portions 
of foreign gold and silver coins,) which of late has not 
varied from more than five to ten per cent, either in in- 
crease or decrease. Accounts are kept in reis, viz : 
one thousand reis, one mil reis, which mil reis, if the 
Spanish dollar is worth fifteen hundred reis, would, in 
such case, be two-thirds of a dollar ; say sixty-six and 
two-thirds cents United States currency. It is necessa- 
ry here to note that as the value of the Spanish dollar 
has no fixed standard, and fluctuates according to the 
quantity of silver or gold coins in market, the value of 
whichis regulated by the rate of exchange on London; 
thence the impossibility of stating the exact value of the 
Spanish dollar in currency of this city, but at the mo- 
ment of operations. On arriving at Rio de Janeiro in 
February, 1832, the Spanish dollar w r as then worth in 
market seventeen hundred reis, a few months after it 
was not worth more than twelve hundred and fifty reis, 



it continued a very considerable time at from that to thir- 
teen hundred a thirteen hundred and fifty reis and up- 
wards the dollar. In 1836 it took some rise in exchange 
value, say fourteen hundred, fourteen hundred and fifty, 
fifteen hundred reis, and when the author embarked at 
Rio de Janeiro, returning home, on the thirty-first Au- 
gust, 1837, it had risen to over sixteen hundred per 
Spanish dollar, The dollars of the South American 
Independent States have been, and continue to be, in 
exchange for paper currency under the value of the 
Spanish dollar, varying, say from six to eight per cent, 
upwards. The Patriot doubloons upon the same prin- 
ciple. 

The Empire of Brazil have, of their own coinage^ 
gold and silver coins, these are rarely circulated for bu- 
siness transactions. Their general receipts and pay- 
ments are in paper of the City Bank, and the minutia 
currency of daily and necessary expenditure is in cop- 
per coin— the one this day extant of the highest value 
is two vintems or forty reis ; there is also one of the 
moiety of this value, say one vintem or twenty reis. 

N. B, The copper coin above stated, valued at forty 
reis, is a coin formerly valued at eighty reis, which the 
Government, in 1837, had restamped with the mark 
<c forty " over the former mark, eighty reis, which ope- 
ration the Government undertook by calling in the 
eighty reis pieces, and paying their amount in weight 

equalizing the value ; this was generally understood as 
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a mild, judicious act of the Government to prevent the 
extension, and indeed the whole of the introduction, in 
the Empire, of the immense amounts of counterfeit 
" eighty " reis pieces. Which act could not less than 
prove effectual from the difference in the weight of the 
copper. Weights and measures, in usage at Rio De 
Janeiro, viz.: 

One quintal is four arrobas, one arroba thirty-two 
pounds Brazilian, one hundred pounds Brazilian weight 
equal to one hundred and two pounds United States 
weight; the common weight of a bag of coffee, shipped 
for foreign market at this port, weighs, by commercial 
usage, nett, five arroba, or one hundred and sixty Bra- 
zilian pounds. The measure in general usage for 
liquids is the medida, equal to fourth-fifths of a gallon, 
United States measure. The grain measure in general 
is the alquiere, which exceeds something over the 
bushel, United States measure. 

The United States have a squadron station rendez- 
vous at the harbour of Rio de Janeiro, at which place 
arrives a timely supply of provisions, (and some slops,) 
such as are in daily consumption on board our vessels 
of war abroad ; the bulk of which consists of bread, 
flour, beef, pork, butter, cheese, whiskey, vinegar, mo- 
lasses, &c. This supply is forwarded of the best kinds, 
under the direction of the honourable Board of Navy 
Commissioners. The store-house for the deposite of the 
United States naval stores is situated upon the Island 



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of Cobras, nearly in front of the arsenal— for which a 
yearly rent of two thousand mil reis had been paid, and 
was so continued. Soon after John Martin Baker 
took charge of the stores, he obtained a store-house of 
equal capacity, and every necessary advantage for 
twelve hundred mil reis per annum, a saving to the Go- 
vernment, of eight hundred mil reis a year ; and upon 
his arrival at Rio de Janeiro, a Government export 
duty was then continued to be exacted ; but, by unre- 
mitted exertions, and fostering the good opinion and 
friendly disposition of the competent executive officers, 
he had the satisfaction to land, and store, free of all 
duty, the cargoes of public stores for the use of the 
United States vessels of war, received per — 
Brig Serene, from Baltimore, invoice am't. $19,669 42 
Ship Oneida, " " " 867 80 

Brig Barbara, Washington " " 18,746 61 

" Brutus, New York " " 14,053 76 

Bark Ohio, Washington " u 20,152 12 



Amounting to $73,489 71 



Saving to the Government, in this particular instance, 
of at least three thousand dollars. As an agent he did 
his duty, and was successful for our public good. The 
export duty has since been renewed. ^^ 

The United States squadron upon the Brazil Coast, 
in 1832, consisted of two corvettes, the Lexington 



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and Warren, and two schooners, the Enterprise and 
Boxer. In August, 1837, there was the sloop Fair- 
field and Brig Dolphin. Since which arrived in the 
harbour of Rio de Janeiro the ship Independence, bear- 
ing the broad pendant of Commodore Nicholson. 

The English merchant vessels arrive in numbers, say 
nearly two hundred annually, from Liverpool, London, 
and other ports of England, Ireland, Scotland, and the 
Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, &c. This city and Province 
is principally supplied from England with woollens, 
cottons generally, hosiery, saddles, shoes, boots, and 
most articles of cutlery, hardware, earthen and glass- 
ware, pickles, and sauces, cheese, &c, &c. ; from Ire- 
land — linens, butter, beef, poik, potatoes, &c. ; from 
Scotland — carpeting, coarse woollens, &e. ; and from 
the Isles of Guernsey and Jersey — abundance of pota- 
toes, butter, &c, &c. When discharged, many are la- 
dened here with coffee for the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain. Some to the Mediterranean, and others in bal- 
last to other ports of Brazil to take in cargo. 

The English merchants, agents, factors, and brokers, 
at Rio de Janeiro, compose a large and respectable 
body. 

There are an established line of British packets be- 
tween Falmouth (England) and Rio de Janeiro, as well 
as a line between Rio and the river of Plate ; these last 
sail for Montevideo and Buenos Ayres forty-eight hours 
after the arrival of the packet from Falmouth* This 



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harbour is one of their (the English) foreign stations, 
commanded by an Admiral of the Rear. The present 
flag ship is the frigate Dublin, Rear Admiral, Sir F. S. 

Hammond, Bart. ; Tate, Esq., Captain. The 

French have a direct trade with Havre, Bordeaux, &c. ; 
and supply this market with wines, brandies, oil, cheese, 
pickles, preserved fruits, cordials, saddles, silk hosiery, 
paper, ladies' shoes, some light cloths, jewellery, silk 
fancy goods, &c. The French merchants here are few 
and respectable. The French store-houses are nume- 
rous , these last occupy the whole of a spacious central 
street, Rua d'Ouirdor-d'Ouirdor, containing consider- 
ble value in jewellery, silks, fancy goods, &c, &c. 
Their return cargoes, in general, are choice coffee, and 
cabinet furniture wood, &c. 

Within the last five years the French trade has con- 
siderably increased. France has here a naval station, 
under the command of a Rear AdmiraL 

Danish, Swedish, Hamburgese, Dutch, and Belgian 
vessels frequent this harbour ; their cargoes consist ge- 
nerally of the produce and manufacture of their own 
countries, quantities of iron, cordage, spars, tar, &c. ; 
household ready made furniture, piano fortes, and all 
description of musical instruments, platillas, fine linens, 
Holland gin, cheese, &c. &c. Their return cargoes are 
in general in the articles of coffee, sugar, and choice 
cabinet furniture woods, those in common return home ; 
but many take freights for the United States and Europe. 



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The Portuguese of late arrive from Portugal in num- 
bers, and are the general suppliers in this market, of 
O'Porto and Lisbon wines, olive oil, linens of all kinds, 
and most articles of provision for domestic consump- 
tion; likewise Princera snuff, esteemed in preference to 
every other. It commonly sells high, at the least two 
dollars per pound ; and the quantity consumed is very 
considerable. 

The Sardinians this day carry on a brisk trade with 
this place, principally from Genoa; their cargoes consist 
generally of olive oil, light wines, olives, maccaroni, 
preserved fruits, paper, velvet, lace, hats, silks, ladies' 
shoes, &c. Their return cargoes are, in common, cof- 
fee, sugar, ox hides, &c. 

Austrian vessels arrive at this port ; they are general- 
ly on freight, and likewise sail freighted, either for the 
United States, for Lisbon, or the Mediterranean. 

Spanish vessels arrive here frequently of late, with 
cargoes, the produce of their own country, consisting 
of brandies, plain and anniseed ; wines, paper, raisins, 
grapes, olives, silks, &c. ; and most commonly proceed 
to the river of Plate, thence to the Havana, with 
jerked beef; at Havana they take in a cargo of sugar, 
&c, and return home, where the concern of the voyage 
is closed. 

Some vessels under the Papal flag, Neapolitans and 
Tuscans, arrive here ; the Neapolitans commonly are 
laden with the produce of Sicily, and silks, shoes, &c r , 



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&c, from Naples, and return home with coffee, sugar, 
ox hides, &c. 

The Romans and Tuscans generally come with 
freight, and take, returning home, the freights offering. 
Vessels under the Argentine flag are constantly arriv- 
ing from Montevideo with jerked beef, &c, and return 
with sugar, rum, &c. 



DECREE, PORT REGULATIONS. 



The Regency, in the name of the Emperor, by virtue of 
the authority which the law of the fifteenth of No- 
vember of the present year confers on the Govern- 
ment, to reform the Custom Houses of the Empire, 
Decrees the following: 

TITLE I. 

REGULATIONS OF THE HARBOUR OF RIO DE JANEIRO. 
CHAPTER I. 

Stations appointed for Anchorage, 
ARTICLE I. 

There shall be three places of anchorage in the har- 
bour of Rio de Janeiro for Merchant Vessels — viz : — * 
One for such as enter in franquia, or are compelled to 
enter through any maritime necessity or accident, an- 
other for such as intend to discharge, reexport, or en- 
ter goods on bond, and another for such vessels as are 
loading* 

ARTICLE II. 

For such as enter in franquia, the anchorage appoint- 
ed is within a line drawn from the Fort of Villagaignon 



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\into Boaviagem> and another from the point of the 
Military Arsenal unto Gravata, within which space the 
vessels are to anchor, midway across, and in two or 
more lines from North to South. 

article m. 

For such Vessels as intend to discharge, reexport, or 
bond, the anchorage appointed is within the space be- 
tween the Island of Cobras and the Island of Enxadas 
reckoning from the most eastern point of each, and a 
direct line drawn from the Trapiches or Stores for w r ood 
on the Island of Cobras, unto the Southwest point of 
the Island of Enxadas. The Vessels are to anchor 
within these limits in lines Northwest to Southwest 
having their studding sail and jib-boom unrigged and 
drawn in, leaving free for navigation the space between 
them and the Island of Cobras. 

ARTICLE IV. 

The amjiorage appointed for Vessels receiving cargo, 
is the space from the Trapiche do Sal unto that of the 
Saude, within which such vessels are to anchor in one 
or more lines Northwest and Southwest leaving suffi- 
cient room between them and the city for coasting ves- 
sels to pass and discharge the produce of the country 

in the Trapiches w T hich lay opposite this anchorage, 
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and also the necessary space required for the building of 
Vessels or for those undergoing repair. 

article v. 

In the preceding regulations are not included Coast- 
ers coming from the provincial ports or other parts of 
the Empire, where there are no Custom Houses, as such 
Vessels will continue to anchor in their usual anchoring 
ground. 



CHAPTER II. 



Guard or Watch for the Anchorage. 



ARTICLE VI. 



There shall be seven Vessels appointed as a Guard or 
Watch for the anchorage, the unarmed Vessels of war to 
have the preference — viz : For the anchorage appointed 
for Vessels entering in franquia, two — three for that ap- 
pointed for the place of discharge — and two for the an- 
choring ground of Vessels receiving cargo — they are to 
anchor in such a situation as will be most appropriate 
for the Guard or Watch of those Vessels at anchor in 
their respective anchorages. 



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ARTICLE VII. 

Besides the foregoing, there shall be one constantly 
outside the bar of^this port, to hinder smuggling on the 
coast. 

ARTICLE VIII, 

The number of crew, or complement, the force, and 
detail of ordinary service of such Vessels or boats 
appointed for the Watch or Guard of the anchoring 
grounds, will be fixed by the Judge of the Custom 
House, subject to the approbation of the Minister of 
Finance. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Such Vessels or boats will have their respective sig- 
nals according to a plan to be given them by the Judge 
of the Custom House, that they may mutually under- 
stand and correspond with each other, and are also to 
wear a distinguishing signal, that they may be recog- 
nized and repected by the Merchant Vessels. 

ARTICLE x. 

Each Guard Vessel or boat, will be commanded by an 
Officer under the orders of the Judge of the Custom 
House. 



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ARTICLE XI, 

One of the Officers of the Guard Vessels of each re- 
spective anchorage ground, will be appointed by the 
Judge of the Custom House as commander of such an- 
chorage ground and the commander of the other Guard 
Vessels in company, as well as the Masters and Captains 
of the Merchant Vessels there at anchor, shall obey him 
in every thing necessary towards the entire fulfilment of 
these regulations. 

ARTICLE XII. 

The principal duty of the Commanders of the Guard 
Vessels is to promote the exact observance of this de- 
cree, and to hinder the least mislay or defrauding of the 
Government duties. To obtain this important end they 
are : 

Section 1. To watch scrupulously by day and night, 
patrolling the anchorage in the boats belonging to the 
Guard Vessels, that no package be disembarked without 
the Custom House permit : seizing such as are done so 
without it, and are not accompanied by a discharging 
officer. 

Section 2. Not to permit any communication with the 
shore (except as in Articles 21, 22, and 28) from ves- 
sels in franquia, either before or after being visited, nor 
from those which are in the place appointed for dis- 
charge. 



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Section 3. To take care that the Merchant Vessels 
anchored in their respective destinations are kept within 
the limits marked out in this Decree, ordering alongside, 
questioning, and seizing, all barges, launches, or other 
boats which pass such anchoring grounds and give 
cause to suspicion and not to permit any empty boats 
alongside of those employed in the discharge of the 
Vessel. 

Section 4. To offer every assistance w 7 hich may be 
required of them by the Officers of the Custom House 
and Consulado, whose duties, as revenue Officers, con- 
tinue as heretofore ; to consult together and preserve 
the best understanding, performing their duties con- 
jointly and in unison, appointing signals to recognize 
each other during the night, and using every precaution 
which they may judge proper. 

Section 5. To acquaint the Judge of the Custom 
House with every thing appertaining to the fiscalization 
of the national interests, and the good order of the ser- 
vice to which they belong, and fulfilling the orders 
which the said Judge may give them. 

Section 6. To employ the force under their command 
whenever necessary to realize the fulfilment of what is 
determined on in these Regulations. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

Besides the watch kept by the Guard Vessels and 



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their boats, the Vessels in franquia shall be watched by 
the Fort of Villagaignon, and not only those but such 
Vessels as are in the other anchoring places, shall be 
watched by the national Vessels of War, which may 
happen to be stationed near such anchoring places, 
their boats being empowered to pursue and seize all 
smugglers. 

ARTICLE XIV. 

All articles seized by the boats of the Guard Vessels, 
and by those of the Vessels of War, and of the Fort, 
shall be sent by the Commander of the respective an- 
choring places to the Judge of the Custom House, with 
a written declaration, naming the boat and the persons 
who made the seizure, w T hich as soon as judged to be 
lawful, half of the same shall be distributed to the boat's 
crew and half to the crew of the Vessel or Garrison of 
the Fort to which they may belong. In case such 
seizure is made through an informer, he is to receive 
half, and the remainder to be divided as above. 

ARTICLE XV. 

The forementioned Guard or Watch Vessels, shall 
always during the night have two lanterns with a good 
light hoisted to the mast, and the Merchant Vessels in 
the anchoring- places shall have one in like manner 



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hoisted to the mainmast. The boats performing patrol 
may or may not hoist a light. The Guard boats or any 
other which proceed from the places of anchorage to 
shore, or from shore to the places of anchorage, shall 
hoist up high a lantern with a good light. Those who 
disobey this article will be fined ten mil reis paid for the 
jail. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

When Vessels enter during the night, the Fort of 
Santa Cruz will command them to hoist a light imme- 
diately to the mainmast, which is to be kept up all 
night. 



CHAPTER III, 1 

Entering of the port, Anchoring in franquia, and visit of Merchant 

Vessels. 

ARTICLE XVII. 

Such Merchant Vessels, as enter the port, shall im- 
mediately direct their course to the anchoring ground 
for Vessels in franquia, which will be pointed out to 
them by the Fort of Santa Cruz, and shall there cast an- 



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ehor, let what may be the purpose of their entering this 
port; and only after being visited by the Custom House 
boat, shall they pass on to their respective place for an* 
ehoring. The Master or Captain of such Vessels shall 
deliver to the Commander of the franquia anchoring 
ground the Manifest-Books of the Cargo and List of 
Passengers, and the said Commander shall deliver the 
same to the Custom House Officers who go to visit the 
Vessel. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

The Commander of the franquia anchoring ground 
shall acquaint the Judge of the Custom House, at nine 
in the morning, at mid-day, and at three in the evening, 
as to what Vessels may have arrived; should the Cus* 
torn House be shut, the information is to be sent to the 
residence of the Judge, that he may immediately order 
the necessary visit which shall be made on all days> 
both working and holidays^ between eight A. M. and 
six P. M. 

ARTICLE XIX* 

The visits made to Vessels entering, shall be pei> 
formed as heretofore, and the Masters obliged to deliver 
over to the Boarding Officers belonging to the Custom 
House, all packages which are not included in the Ma- 



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mfest, and therefore easily smuggled, requiring from the 
said Officers a written declaration of the same ; and all 
packages or parcels not in the Manifest, and which are 
not delivered oyer, and afterwards are found in the 
search or revisit, shall be seized ; excepting only those 
that contain the usual clothes belonging to passen- 
gers, 

ARTICLE xx, 

Likewise all passengers are to deliver over to the 
Boarding Officers their baggage, whicli they may, how- 
ever, accompany unto ftie Custom House, where there 
will be a store appropriated for receiving them and all 
parcels, during such time as they may land after the 
Custom House being closed. 

ARTICLE XXL 

All communication with the shore is prohibited before 
the Vessel receives the Custom House visit. Should, 
however, the Captain or Master have urgent necessity 
to come ashore, the Commander of the anchoring place 
will grant him permission pointing out to him the place 
where he is to land, to which he is to direct his course, 
and where Custom House guards will be stationed to 
search the boat which conveys him, being likewise 
searched on his returning aboard. 



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ARTICLE XXII. 



Even after the Custom House visit, no person is per- 
mitted to go on board (excepting the crew) during the 
Vessel's being in franquia, without a written order from 
the Judge of the Custom House, and even these, as well 
as the erew^are subject to be searched should there arise 
any suspicion of their smuggling. The transgressors 
will be made prisoners and sent to the Judge of the 
Custom House with a circumstantial account in writing, 
from the Commander of the anchoring place, that they 
may be prosecuted according to law. 



ARTICLE XXIII. 



To those Vessels which enter in franquia, the Judge, 
without a sufficient reason, shall not grant a renewal of 
the same, and then only for five days, and without the 
permission of the said Judge they are not to pass on to 
any other anchoring place, which shall be granted only 
in cases of necessity. However, such permission is not 
subject to any fees, if they were not so heretofore. 



ARTICLE XXIV 



If the Masters of Vessels declare that they purpose 
discharging in this port, and that it appears from their 
passport and despatches, it will be made known to them 



by the Guarda mor (or Harbour Master) that they are 
next day to pass on to their respective anchorage, 
should the weather permit, and not doing so they will 
be compelled to obey by the Commander of the anchor- 
ing ground. From the time that they receive this order, 
until its fulfilment, they are to keep hoisted a signal 
that will be appointed for this purpose. In caso, how- 
ever, of any thing interfering or hindering their obeying 
this order, they are to make a representation to the 
Judge of the Custom House, who will decide accord- 
ingly, 

' ARTICLE XXV, 

The coasting Vessels, as soon as they enter the bar, 
shall be ordered to direct their course, by the Fort of 
Santa Cruz, to the registering Vessels of the franquia, 
and unto the Commander of the same, they are to de- 
liver the Manifest, Book of Cargo, and then pursue their 
course to their anchoring ground, The said Manifest 
or Book of Cargo will be by the said Commander, de- 
livered to the Harbour Master at the next visit. 



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CHAPTER IV. 

Anchoring for Vessels discharging. 

ARTICLE XXVI. 

The discharge of Vessels will be made according to 
the laws and orders in force, with this proviso, however, 
that no goods are unladen from the Vessels in dis- 
charge, either for the Trapiches ( public warehouses ) or 
into boats or other Vessels, after the Custom House 
hours of despatch, but such shall rather finish at one 
o'clock, P. M. The discharge at the Custom House 
wharf will commence at eight A. M., and terminate at 
one P. M,, so that sufficient time may be left for storing 
the goods and making the necessary entry of the Ar- 
ticles so discharged with due precaution* 

ARTICLE XXVII. 

Those Vessels which have to receive goods in bond, or 
for reexportation, will change their situation from th« 
franquia anchoring ground, to that for Vessels unload- 
ing, and there remain until their departure from the 
port. 

ARTICLE XXVIII* 

No person shall be permitted to go on board any 
Merchant Vessels in this anchoring ground; who does 



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not belong to her, except furnished with a written Qrcler 
from the Judge of the Custom House, Transgressors 
shall be made prisoners and sent to the said Judge with 
a written declaration from the Commander of the an-' 
choring place^ to be prosecuted acoording to law* 

ARTICLE XXDC. 

As soon as any Vessel has completed her discharge! 
his stores must be collected into a proper place which 
will be estimated according to the Vessels burthen of 
force, and the length of the voyage declared, so as to 
facilitate the searching visit, and subsequent to the said 
search, she will make ready to receive sufficient ballast 
for her security, if she had not any in before, and then 
shall pass on to her respective anchoring ground. 
Should she, however, before being searched, require any 
ballast, the Judge of the Custom House will grant the 
license. 



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CHAPTER V. 
Anchoring grounds for Vessels receiving cargo, 

ARTICLE XXX. 

The Guard or Watch Vessels of this anchorage and 
their barges, shall not permit any Vessels containing 
goods subject to exportation duty, to lay alongside of the 
Vessels in this anchoring ground, except they are fur- 
nished with the despatch from the Consulado, which, 
as soon as such goods are discharged, shall immedi- 
ately be delivered by the Master thereof unto the Com- 
mander of the anchoring ground, that he may forward 
the same the next day to the Administrator of the Vari- 
ous Revenues. 



TITLE IL 

General Remarks* 
ARTICLE XXXI 

As soon as the present Decree is put into full force 
the custom of placing Custom House guards, paid by 
the National Treasury, on board the Merchant Vessels, 
shall be abolished 



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ARTICLE XXXII. 



All barges, boats, or other small Vessels which navi- 
gate, or are employed in the Bay of this City, are to 
have the name by which they are known written on the 
most conspicuous part of the hull, and those belonging 
to any Vessels are to have the name of such Vessel 
written in the like manner. Those who disobey this 
order, on and from the fifteenth of next January, shall 
be fined six mil reis, and double this amount for relaps- 
ing into the same. 



ARTICLE XXXIII. 



All Merchant Vessels who do not observe the regula- 
tions in this Decree respecting the anchorages shall, for 
this reason solely, (although they may not have occa- 
sioned any waste or loss of the revenue,) be fined one 
hundred and twenty mil reis by the Judge of the Cus- 
tom House ; that is, in case no other fine is established 
in this Decree. 



ARTICLE XXXIV. 



All fines imposed by the present decree belong to the 
National Revenues, and shall be deposited in Custom 
House coffers, for the purpose of forwarding the same 
to the Treasury. 



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ARTICLE XXXV. 

" All expenses incurred by the Guard Vessels, and their 
barges, and with the rigging, arming, and crew, which 
would not arise out of their said employment, shall be 
paid by the Custom House. 

ARTICLE XXXVI, 

These Regulations shall be translated into the French 
and English languages, and a printed copy of the same 
given to every Master or Captain of Merchant Vessels 
entering the port. 

ARTICLE XXXVII. 

The Presidents of the Provinces, in Council as- 
sembled, shall propose regulations for their respective 
ports, putting in force the present as far as may be ap- 
plicable to them. 

ARTICLE XXXVIII. 

All orders to the contrary are hereby revoked. 

Bernardo Pereira de Vasconcellos, 
Of his Imperial Majesty Council, Minister of Fi- 
nance, and President of the National Treasury, 
so understand it, and issue the necessary docu- 
ments for its being put in force. 



LATE REGULATIONS, 

Or Guide for Merchants or Masters of Vessels, 
with Destination for the Foils of the Empire 
of Brazil, 



ARTICLE CXLVI. 

The master of any vessel sailing with a cargo for any 
of the Brazilian ports, ought to bring two copies of his 
manifest, exactly alike, which must contain : 

Section 1. The name, description, and tonnage of the 
vessel. 

Section 2. The master's name, with the date at the 
end, and his signature. 

Section 3. The port w T here he took the cargo, stated 
in the manifest. 

Section 4. The port or ports said cargo is bound to. 

Section 5. The marks, countermarks, number of pack- 
ages, and their descriptions, such as bales, boxes, 
chests, pipes, half pipes, barrels, tierces, &c. 

Section 6. A declaration of the quantity and quality 
of the merchandise in each package as near as possible, 
or of several homogeneous packages with the same 
mark, and of the goods stowed loose= 



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Section 7. The names of the shippers and consig* 
nees, or whether they are to order. Every thing must 
be written in words at length, except the numbers of 
the packages, and on entire sheets of paper not pieced 
to one another. 

ARTICLE CXLVII. 

When a vessel has taken cargo at more than one port, 
she ought to bring a manifest from each one of the ports 
whereat she may have received shipment. 

ARTICLE CXLVIII. 

At the end of the manifests, the master shall state the 
number of passengers, both cabin and steerage ones 3 
and make all other declarations he may deem requisite 
for his safety and good faith, even acknowledging any 
packages that may be short of, or over and above the 
manifest, accounting for such deficiency or excess, un- 
der the certainty, that nothing of what he may after- 
wards allege shall release him from responsibility; nor 
shall he stand exonerated by means of the vague decla- 
rations, usually made of not being answerable for defi- 
ciency or difference. 

ARTICLE CXLIX. 

At the time of the visit, the master shall hand to the 
Guarda mor a list of baggage belonging to the private 



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use of each passenger, every list being signed by its 
owner in order that by this list, the discharge may be 
effected at the Custom House, and the delivery of what 
be free of duty may be granted after the examination 
made by the competent officers, in virtue of an order 
from the collector; said lists returning to the Mesa 
grande, (Collector's table,) to be examined and laid by. 
If the baggage belong to colonists or emigrants coming 
to settle in the country, the examination thereof shall be 
made an board. 

ARTICLE CL. 

As soon as the master of any vessel bound for the 
ports of the Brazilian Empire shall have completed his 
shipment at the port or ports he is to sail from, and 
made up the manifest in the manner directed by Article 
146, he is to produce the copies of said manifest to the 
Brazilian Consul residing at such port, or to his deputy, 
that he may certify, should they contain the declarations 
and formalities required by these regulations, numbering 
and signing all their leaves, drawing a dash on the 
blanks, that nothing else may be thereto added, and cer- 
tifying at the end that such manifest is in due form, 
without erasures, interlineations or corrections, or any- 
thing that may create a doubt as to its clear purport; 
after which he will deliver them to the master of the 
vessel, one copy open, and the other put up in a letter 



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closed and sealed with the consular seal, and directed to 
the Collector of the Custom House, at the port where 
such vessel is bound to. 

ARTICLE CLI. 

In those ports where there are no Brazilian consul, or 
any person acting as such, the manifest shall be certified 
and closed by two Brazilian merchants therein residing 
and in default of them, by two merchants of the coun- 
try; and the signatures both of the latter and of the 
former, must be authenticated by the proper local au- 
thority. 

ARTICLE CLII. 

If the manifest which the master has to produce cer- 
tified by the Brazilian consul, or the person who has 
acted as such, contain any defect or irregularity which 
he ought to have prevented or caused to be corrected 
before setting to it the certificate, he alone shall be re- 
sponsible for it, and not the master of the vessel. 

ARTICLE CLIII. 

But if it be found out that the defect or irregularity 
was submitted consequently to the Consul's approval, 
the guilt shall fall on the master; the same will be the 



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case if the manifest shall have been certified by Brazil- 
ian or foreign merchants, whether the defect or irregula- 
rity be known to have preceded or followed the appro- 
bation. 

ARTICLE CLIV. 

If it happen that a ship or vessel proceeding with a 
destination and manifest for any one port of the Em- 
pire, lands at a foreign port a part of her cargo includ- 
ed in the manifest, the master is to bring from that port 
a manifest in duplicate of the goods unladen, accom- 
panied with the same forms prescribed in the foregoing 
Articles. When the discharge be made at a Brazilian 
port, and the remainder of the cargo be carried on to 
another Brazilian port, the Custom House shall furnish 
the master with such certificates, as will prove the dis- 
charge at the port to which he directs his course. 

ARTICLE CLV. 

Wherein it be ascertained that the vessel brought a 
greater quantity of merchandise than what appears from 
the manifest, and the declaration thereto added by the 
master, such merchandise as may be found over and 
above that quantity shall be seized and distributed 
among the captors, the master paying to the National 
Treasury a fine equal to one half the value thereof, and 
the captors paying the usual duties. 



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ARTICLE CLVI. 

If less quantity of goods be found than what is 
shown by the manifest, and the declaration thereto 
added by the master, the missing goods shall be deemed 
as concealed or removed, and the master shall forfeit the 
value thereof for the benefit of those who may discover 
the deficiency, and half the value as a fine to the Na- 
tional Treasury; and these condemnations will take 
place by the mere fact of the discovery of an excess or 
deficiency, although the concealment or removal of the 
goods may not otherwise be proved. But the disposi- 
tions of this and the other Article only apply to such 
goods as can be counted in the act of their being re- 
ceived on board, for with regard to those which come in 
boxes, or in bales, the master is only answerable for the 
excess and deficiencies of packages. On bulky goods 
which are cleared by measure or weight, and which are 
liable to waste or increase, as salt, jerk beef, &c, the 
penalty of this and the preceding Article, shall not be 
imposed, except on the differences of five per cent., 
more or less than what is shown by the manifest. 

ARTICLE CLVII. 

For every difference in the quality of the package, or 
in the mark, the master is to pay two mil reis fine, al- 
though in every thing else the discharge should agree 
with the manifest. 



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ARTICLE CLTIII. 

A vessel departing in ballast from a foreign port, 
bound to some one of the Brazilian ports, shall bring a 
certificate so to prove it, drawn up in the same form, 
and with the like authenticity as the manifests; and if 
the departure be from a Brazilian port, she must bring a 
certificate from the Custom House, under the penalty of 
paying in either case a fine of from one hundred to five 
hundred mil reis. 

ARTICLE CLIX, 

Any master of vessel who shall fail to bring the mani- 
fest and certificates in the manner specified in this chap* 
ter, or who shall bring open, the copy of the manifest 
received by him closed up, shall pay a fine of from one 
hundred to one thousand mil reis, at the judgment of 
the collector, according to the quality of the misde- 
meanor, and regard being had to the amount of the 
cargo; and only after the payment of the forfeiture shall 
he be admitted to effect the unloading. In case of 
bringing a single copy of the manifest, he shall forfeit 
fifty mil reis. Vessels coming from fishing voyages, are 
excepted with regard to the produce thereof, as they are 
not obliged to bring a manifest, 



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ARTICLE CLX. 

Should the master come without a manifest, the vessel 
shall be admitted to unload, by paying a fine of four mil 
teis for every ton of her admeasurement. 

ARTICLE CLXI. 

The vessel remains mortgaged to the payment of the 
fines imposed on the master by these regulations, and 
shall not be released to leave the port, without the fine 
or fines being first paid, or the necessary sum deposited 
for the purpose* 

Vessels sailing from the aforesaid ports one month 
after such publication, shall remain subject to the herein 
above mentioned dispositions. 

Those Consuls and Vice- Consuls who shall fail to 
comply with the injunctions contained in the present 
chapters, shall be liable, for the first time, to a fine of 
from one hundred to five hundred mil reis, to be im- 
posed upon them by the Treasury court, (Tribunal do 
Thesouro,) and in case of relapsing, they shall be dis- 
missed from office. 



OBLIGATORY 

On Masters of Vessels, when in the Harbour oj 
Rio De Janeiro. 



ARTICLE LXXXIII. 

The Captains of every Merchant Vessel on his arrival 
at any Port of this Empire where there is a Custom 
House, in addition to the local regulations of the Port, 
is obliged : 

L To proceed with his Vessel direct from the Bar to 
the anchoring ground in Franquia. If on account of 
the tide, contrary winds, or any other justifiable cause, 
he be obliged to anchor before he has reached the 
destined anchorage, and should remain at. anchor twelve 
hours after such causes have ceased, (except in the case 
of quarantine) he wall be subject to the fine of one hun- 
dred mil reis ; and will be obliged, by the Fort, or 
nearest National Vessel of War, to proceed to his an- 
chorage in Franquia. 

IL He must not allow any boat to make fast along- 
side, or permit any person to come on board, or to leave 
his vessel, before he has been visited by the Custom 

House boat, unless it be the Health visit, Pilot, or Har- 
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bour Master, except in case of shipwreck or personal 
danger. And for every boat so making fast, he shall be 
subject to a penalty of one hundred mil reis ; and for 
every person boarding, or leaving, his Vessel, he shall 
be subject to a penalty of fifty mil reis, and the person 
so offending, shall likewise pay fifty mil reis, and be 
detained in custody until the same is paid. 

III. He shall not permit, even after having received 
his Custom House visit, until he shall have received his 
visit of discharge, any person to go on board his vessel 
without leave of the Inspector, except his crew and pas- 
sengers, or pay a fine of fifty mil reis foi each person so 
offending. 

IV .He shall present to the Guarda mor, on re- 
ceiving the visit of entry, his clearance and cargo 
book. 

V. He shall deliver to the Commander of the Guard 
boat, outside the port, or of the Franquia boat, should 
there be one, the Manifest, as treated of in Article 
eighty-four. 

VI. He shall make entry at the Custom House twen- 
ty-four hours after receiving the Guarda mor's visit, 
(not counting the days on which the Custom House is 
closed,) and present himself to the Inspector, and make 
oath, or affirm, (if his creed will not permit him to 
make oath,) that he does not bring any other Mercl.aii- 
dize, nor has any other declaration to make, beyond 
what is stated on his Manifest, which he then delivers. 



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And if he does not enter within twenty-four hours, he 
Subjects himself to the penalty of one hundred mil reis 
for each day's delay. 

VII. He shall not delay his Vessel in any of the an- 
chorage twenty-four hours after being notified to remove 
by the Guarda mor, or his representative. Or shall 
pay the penalty of one hundred mil reis for each day's 
delay. 

VIII. He shall see that no Merchandise is dis- 
charged from on board his Vessel without a written 
ojrder from the Inspector of the Custom House, and 
in case of so doing, shall pay one hundred mil reis for 
each package so discharged. 

IX. He shall inform the Clerk of Entry and Dis- 
charge, immediately upon all his cargo being deliver- 
ed> in order that his Vessel may receive the customary 
visit. Or, upon neglecting so to do, shall be subject to 
the penalty of one hundred mil reis. 

ARTICLE LXXXIV. 

The Commander of every Vessel bound for a port in 
the Brazils, shall bring two copies of his Manifest, 
stating name of Vessel, Class,— -Tonnage, — Nation, — 
where belonging, — Name and Signature of the Cap- 
tain, — Port at which the cargo was laden, — Port or 
ports of this Empire bound, — Consignee of Vessel, — 
number of Packages,— Marks, counter Marks, and 



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numbers of each Package, The quantity of Merchan- 
dise in bulk, — by whom consigned, — List of Provisions 
on board for the use of the Vessel. The whole to be 
written in words, at full length, except the Marks and 
Numbers of the packages. 

ARTICLE LXXXV. 

This Manifest to be accompanied by the Invoices, 
which, besides the declarations required in the Manifest, 
must contain the most exact description possible of the 
denomination, qualities, quantities, and weight, of the 
Merchandize, if of weight ; or if in bulk, or in packa- 
ges, or vessels, the description of the same, and their 
contents, all to be written in w r ords, at full length, ex- 
cept the Marks and Numbers, 

ARTICLE LXXXVI. 

When a Vessel has received cargo in more than one 
port, the Commander shall bring a Manifest from each 
port. 

ARTICLE LXXXVII, 

At the end of the Manifest the Commander shall de~ 
clare the number of cabin and steerage passengers, and 
the baggage for the particular use of each. And, be- 



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sides this, to make all other declarations he may judge 
necessary for his security and good faith ; at the same 
time declaring such packages as may decrease or in* 
crease on the Manifest, justifying the cause of diminu- 
tion or excess, under the certainty that nothing he may 
afterwards allege, will release him from his response 
bility. 

ARTICLE LXXXVIJI, 

The Commander of every Vessel bound to this Em* 
pire, immediately on completing his cargo in the port or 
ports whence he sails, and making his Manifests in the 
mode prescribed in Article eighty-four, is to present the 
copies of the same to the Brazilian Vice Consul, resi- 
dent at such port, or his agent, to be authenticated in 
case of their containing the declarations and formalities 
required by these regulations. 

ARTICLE LXXXIX, 

In the ports where there are no Brazilian Consuls, or 
their agents, the Manifests to be authenticated by two? 
Brazilian Merchants, there resident, or in case of none 
residing there, then by two merchants of the country J 
their signatures, in both cases, to be recognized by the 
duly authorized local authorities, and, by their consent? 
make such repairs, and take such supplies, as required^, 
paying the usual imposts and duties, 



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ARTICLE CLXXXVIII. 

When necessary to repair, a Vessel may discharge 
the whole or part of her cargo at a port where there is 
no Custom House, under the permission and direction 
of the local authorities, and the observance of the same 
forms as where there is a Custom House; but cannot 
dispose of any part of her cargo. 



ENTERING, DISCHARGING, LOADING, 
AND CLEARING. 



ENTERING THE PORT OF RIO DE JANEIRO. 

Vessels can enter any time of the day or night. 
When a Vessel comes in at night, the Forts fire and 
exhibit lights, after which they hail the Vessel — you 
must then give the Vessel's name, and where she comes 
from, &c. — every foreign Vessel must anchor off Fort 
Villagaignon until visited — if not they are fired into, 
and subject to a fine. The Custom House and Health 
boats visit you, and after that the Captain goes on 
shore, delivers his papers to the United States Consul, 
and then proceeds to the Custom House to enter his 
Vessel, either in full or franquia. When he receives 
his visits from the Authorities he must always be aboard. 



ENTERING A VESSEL. 

There are two ways of entering a Vessel — in franquia, 
or in full. A full entrance once made if the Vessel 
wishes to go her voyage the transit duty two per cent. 
is exacted. A franquia entry is the discharge of part 



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of the Cargo, and to go elsewhere— paying duty only 
for those articles discharged. Goods may be entered 
for consumption or for exportation in the last case it 
must remain in the Custom House until reshipped. In 
every case a Manifest of the Cargo is asked for by the 
Custom House, after which the Vessel enters — she pro- 
ceeds up to the upper harbour, the East side of the Is- 
land of Cobras — if in franquia she remains down below 
Villagaignon. If a Vessel enters in franquia it must be 
for a certain number of days, which time may be renew- 
ed at a trifling expense whenever required. Whenever 
a Vessel clearing for Brazil mentions only one port in 
her clearance, she is compelled to enter in full and pay 
full duties on all her Cargo — thus losing the benefit of 
franquia. 

The Certificate of the Brazilian Vice Consul must al- 
ways attend the Clearance, &q. Foreign Vessels can- 
not Coast, though they are allowed to take country pro- 
duce from one port to another — and foreign produce if 
all the duties are paid on it — where these same goods are 
subject to the same duties in a second port, but they are 
free from paying a second duty if shipped on board a 
Brazilian Vessel, accompanied by a Custom House Cer- 
tificate called " Carta de Quia. " Foreign Vessels dis- 
charging any part of their cargo in one port and pro- 
ceeding to another must take the Custom House Cer- 
tificate on their Manifest, as to the quantity they have 
discharged. 



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DISCHARGING CARGO. 

But three Vessels are permitted to discharge at the 
Custom House pier at a time. Lighters come off and 
take Cargo from Vessels laying at their moorings — 
these lighters carry from three to four hundred barrels — 
their cost is trifling. Whenever a Vessel has to dis- 
charge, a permit must be obtained from the Custom 
House attended with an Officer of the Custom, whose 
duty it is to superintend the discharge, see it to the 
Custom House, and make out the proper despatch after 
the duties are paid. Dry goods are always opened at 
the Custom House to ascertain their quantity and quali- 
ty. When a Vessel has discharged all her Cargo she is 
visited by a Custom House Officer — who examines her, 
after which, if he finds all her Cargo out, the Vessel is 
exempt from further restraint of the Custom House. 

If a Vessel in franquia discharge all her Cargo she is 
considered as having entered in full. 



RECEIVING CARGO. 

Any Vessel after having discharged all her Cargo, is 
at liberty to take in Cargo without the attendance of 
any Custom House Officer. Any Vessel in franquia, 
having returned Cargo, is at liberty to take in Cargo 

without making any discharge. Export duties are al- 

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ways secured before goods are shipped. When the 
lighters have Cargo to deliver it is at the risk of the 
Vessel, and the Custom House despatch must always 
accompany the merchandise to prevent seizure. 



CLEARANCE FROM PORT. 

The day before sailing the Captain must obtain from 
the United States Consulate the necessary papers to 
clear his Vessel from the Custom House, these papers 
are then taken to the respective departments, and when 
cleared the Vessel is then freed from the Custom House, 
and is at liberty to sail. No Captain is allowed to take 
passengers without legal passports, and if such persons 
are found on board, the Vessel is detained and fined. 



PROFORMA. 
Sales of Jiffy Barrels of Flour. 



MIL RF.I3. 
KEIS. 



60 barrels flour a 10-000 
3 months 500 000 



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Charges. 

Duty on Valuation 9-600 at 15 per cent. 

Expediente H per cent, on Valuation 

Cooperage 

Discount on 500-000 3 mos. at 1 per cent* 

Guarantee on 500-000 at 2| do. 

Commission 5 per cent. 



72 


000 


7 


200 




500 


15 


000 


12 


500 


25 


000 


132 


200 


367 


800 



PROFORMA. 



Purchase of fifty Bags of Coffee, 

50 Bags first quality Coffee weighing 250 

arrobas at 3-900 975 000 



Charges, 

Decimo duty on 250 arrobas sold at 3-900 

per arroba, at 9 per cent, 87 750 



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Consulado 80r per arroba 20 000 

Bags 600r each 30 000 

Porterage and embarking 80r per bag 4 000 



Commission 2\ per cent, 



141 


750 


1116 


750 


27 


918i 


1144 


668 



FOREIGN IMPORTATIONS 

From January to September, 1836., at Rio De 
Janeiro. 



JANUARY. 



Great Britain and Possessions. 







REIS. 


Liverpool 


823,293 977 




London 


82,419 042 




Jersey 


27,587 182 




Glasgow 


25,401 514 




Gibraltar 


22,175 463 




Gaspee 


11,338 800 




Newcastle 


6,838 355 




Cape of Good Hope 


3,486 172 




Dundee 


3,224 400 




Guernsey 


142 500 




New Zealand 


17 000 




Falmouth 


17 903 






, 


1,005,882 308 



54 

France, 



Havre 
Cette 
Bordeaux 
Nantes 



145,611 047 

97,784 094 

29,625 148 

4,382 728 





United States. 


Richmond 


82,239 000 


New York 


27,012 650 


Baltimore 


25,729 600 


Boston 


20,912 968 


Philadelphia 


14,537 505 


Portsmouth 


11,613 980 


Norfolk 


9,388 012 


Whaling 


9,171 820 


Charleston 


4,460 720 


Eastport 


456 900 



277,403 017 



205,523 155 



Hanseatic Towns. 



Hamburg 
Bremen 



81,651 633 
36,634 950 



118,286 583 



00 



Portugal and its Possessions, 



Lisbon 

Oporto 

Angola 

Macdo 

Isle of May 

Isle of St. Michael 

Island of Terceira 

Mo9ambique 

Benguela 



Antwerp 



Montevideo 



44,246 674 

37,662 403 

11,168 530 

2,160 000 

790 000 

648 000 

288 000 

146 957 

80 000 



Belgium. 
91,738 168 



97,190 564 



91,738 168 



Oriental State of Uruguay, 



57,122 800 



Sweden. 



57,122 800 



Stockholm 

Gottenburg 

Sundswall 



27,461 146 

13,827 345 

2,525 600 



43,814 091 



Leghorn 



Genoa 



Amsterdam 



56 

Spain and her Possessions. 



Malaga 


12,600 372 






Lan9arote 


9,206 260 






Cadiz 


5,520 467 






Tarragona 


620 000 






Barcelona 


495 000 










27,442 


099 



Tuscany. 



22,188 218 



Sardinia. 



19,498 745 



Holland. 



19,072 660 



Chili. 



22,188 218 



19,498 745 



19,072 660 



Valparaiso 



13,219 275 



13,219 275 





57 








Russia. 






St. Petersburg 


10,233 600 






Riga 


753 600 










10,937 


200 



Buenos Ayres 



Argentine Republic. 



8,858 860 



Island of Sicily 



Sicily. 



3,645 666 



8,858 860 



3,645 666 



Coasting, &c. 



2,206 610 



Total 



2,024,080 019 



FEBRUARY, 



Great Britain and Possessions, 



Liverpool 


817,714 950 


London 


97,306 540 


Jersey 


16,714 955 



Gibraltar 

Glasgow 

Newcastle 

Cape of Good Hope 

Falmouth 

Portsmouth 

Gaspee 



58 

11,607 113 

7,689 932 

4,714 955 

393 440 

280 913 

135 400 

72 600 



France. 



957,630 798 



Havre 


180,228 155 




Cette 
Bordeaux 


60,857 761 
21,004 959 




Nantes 


8,564 400 




Marseilles- 


4,289 290 


274,944 565 



Portugal and Possessions. 



Lisbon 

Oporto 

Loanda 

Macao 

Island of Terceira 

Fayal 

Island of St. Michael 



47,978 523 

46,742 702 

25,630 753 

1,050 522 

984 270 

142 640 

9 600 



122,539 010 



Hamburg 
Bremen 



Genoa 



59 

Hanseatic Towns. 

100,209 535 
2,814 200 





United States. 


Philadelphia 


45,075 087 


Boston - 


21,616 880 


Baltimore 


12,716 780 


Richmond 


5,769 000 


New York 


5,298 526 


Whaling 


3,661 770 


Norfolk 


434 530 



Sardinia. 



47,603 480 



103,023 735 



94,572 572 



47,603 480 



Oriental State of Uruguay. 
Montevideo 42,072 260 



Barcelona 



Spain. 
3,774 960 



42,073 260 



Cadiz 

Malaga 

Lancarote 



Gottenburg 
Stockholm 



Antwerp 



Leghorn 



60 

1,200 000 
1,171 200 

522 667 



Argentine Republic. 
Buenos Ayres 16,563 300 



Sicily. 
12,414 373 

Sweden. 

6,361 635 
4,808 560 

Belgium. 
10,449 151 

Tuscany. 
7,125 863 



6,668 827 



16,563 300 



12,414 373 



11,170 195 



10,449 151 



7,125 863 



61 

Austria. 



Trieste 



6,517 178 



6,517 178 



Amsterdam 



Holland. 



2,151 278 



2,151 278 



Coasting, &c. 



3,353 040 



Total 



1,718,799 626 



MARCH. 



Great Britain and Possessions. 



Liverpool 
London 
Glasgow 
Guernsey 
Newcastle 
Jersey- 
Greenock 
Falmouth 
New Holland 



1,034,807 854 

121,833 508 

66,000 025 

22,681 006 

11,459 299 

9,638 370 

4,893 640 

937 150 

50 000 



1,272,300 752 





62 






France. 




Havre 


253,798 438 




Cette 


29,471 099 




Bordeaux 


8,185 720 




Nantes 


3,266 800 




Marseilles 


215 040 


294,937 097 




Hanseaiic Towns. 


Hamburg 


145,478 198 


• 


Bremen 


11,768 092 


157,246 290 



Portugal and Possessions. 



Lisbon 


101,056 960 


Oporto 


38,888 966 


Benguela 


9,519 750 


Madeira 


402 000 


Fayal 


356 416 


Ambriz 


288 000 . 


Loanda 


124 800 


Mozambique 


98 000 


Macdo 


11 200 




1 ^O 746 00^ 




i.O\Jjt^±0 \JsJAt 




United States. 


Baltimore 


31,030 402 



Richmond 

New York 

Philadelphia 

Boston 

Norfolk 

Whaling 

New Orleans 



Riporto 
Other ports 



63 

26,147 200 

24,643 780 

11,844 240 

9,270 560 

7,680 000 

1,075 200 

920 000 



Spain and Possessions. 



112,620 382 



Malaga 


36,825 660 






Cadiz 


5,604 600 






Tarragona 


3,856 406 






Ivi?a 


2,390 520 










48,677 


186 



Sicily. 

17,998 238 
15,019 480 



Holland. 



33,017 718 



Amsterdam 



32,951 748 



32,951 74S 



64 

Oriental State of Uruguay, 

Montevideo 31,170 000 

31,170 000 

Argentine Republic. 

Buenos Ayres 25,157 390 

25,157 390 



Sardinia. 
Genoa 23,719 190 



23,719 190 



Belgium. 
Antwerp 19,427 420 



19,427 420 



Austria. 
Trieste 19,391 498 



19,391 498 



Russia. 
St, Petersburg' 7,584 000 



7,584 000 



Valparaiso 



65 

Chili. 
1,617 920 

Sweden. 



1,617 920 



Stockholm 



Coasting, &c. 



14 400 



Total 



14 400 

3,288 860 

2,233,867 938 



APRIL. 



Great Britain and Possessions. 



Liverpool 




1,075,574 851 


London 




122,490 775 


Glasgow 




68,365 987 


Jersey- 




14,893 739 


Cape of Good 


Hope 


2,692 400 


Newcastle 




903 173 


Guernsey- 




779 333 

1,285,700 258 



Havre 

Cette 



France. 

220,302 135 

21,546 172 



06 



Nantes 


9,761 810 




Bordeaux 


3,604 094 


255,215 2Ii 



Portugal and Possessions* 



Lisbon 

Oporto 

Benguela 

Angola 

Madeira 

Setubal 

Fayal 

Macao 



Hamburg 
Bremen 



97,915 540 

68,533 320 

34,340 033 

13,071 200 

2,327 867 

1,200 000 

95 600 

60 000 





United States. 


New York 


41,166 750 


Baltimore 


13,573 276 


Richmond 


11,576 000 


Boston 


2,460 000 


Philadelphia 


1,440 000 



Hanseatic Towns. 

57,233 136 
7,760 243 



217,551 560 



70,216 030 



64,993 379 





67 






Spain. 




Malaga 


27,585 859 




Tarragona 


23,603 493 




Cadiz 


995 000 




Ivi£a 


150 000 


52,314 352 



Messina 20,584 283 

Eiporto 14,795 500 

Ports not designated 2,045 315 



Belgium. 



'£■ 



Antwerp 37,390 463 



Argentine Republic. 
Buenos Ayrea 20,017 380 



37,425 098 



37,390 463 



20,017 380 



Oriental State of Uruguay. 
Montevideo 18,721 340 



18,721 340 



Genoa 



Amsterdam 



Leghorn 



68 

Sardinia. 
16,358 460 

Holland. 
10,208 704 

Tuscany. 

1,114 600 



16,358 460 



10,208 704 



1,114 600 



Coasting, &c. 



3,139 350 



Total 



2,090,066 191 



MAY. 



Great Britain and Possessions. 



Liverpool 


927,616 800 


London 


43,783 469 


Glasgow 


22,311 420 


Jersey 


18,181 960 



69 



Gibraltar 

Falmouth 

Newcastle 

Cape of Good Hope 



9,146 186 

425 395 

249 200 

16 000 





United States. 


New York 


66,078 740 


Richmond 


29,673 600 


Baltimore 


25,079 900 


Boston 


20,059 000 


Philadelphia 


12,884 620 


Norfolk 


4,252 800 


Calais 


911 000 


Portsmouth 


333 780 



1,021,730 430 



159,273 440 



France. 



Havre 




94,621 500 


Cette 




14,691 079 


Marseilles 




14,421 051 


Nantes 




9,684 800 


Bordeaux 




3,595 947 

f-W fil 4 ITT 




10iy\)l% OS 4 




Portugal 


and Possessions* 


Lisbon 




92,402 922 



70 



Oporto 


7,000 118 




Boa Vista 


5,160 000 




Bombay 


3,400 000 




Angola 


1,818 700 




Setubal 


1,753 500 




Bengucla 


576 000 




Madeira 


200 000 


112,311 240 



Montevideo 



Hamburg 
Bremen 



Oriental State of Uruguay. 



61,076 662 



Hanseaiic Towns. 

46,685 555 

1,659 277 



Spain and Possessions. 



61,076 662 



48,344 832 



Tarragona 


16,774 026 






Rozas 


2,615 6C0 






Barcelona 


671 627 . 






Cadiz 


219 080 






Malaga 


132 800 








■^.—u.— »_— — 


20,413 


153 



Tl 

Sardinia. 

Genoa 17,989 323 

— ■ 17,989 323 

Sicily. 

Riporto 6,288 659 

Messina 5,653 586 

Ports not designated 2,618 660 

: 14,560 905 

Belgium. 

Antwerp 6,357 320 

6,357 320 



.Argentine Republic. 
Buenos Ayres 6,007 160 



6,007 160 



Holland. 
Amsterdam . 5,698 790 



5.698 790 



Sweden. 
Sundswall 4,500 000 



4,500 000 



Trieste 


&c. 


72 

Austria. 
4,117 549 


4,117 

202 
2,333 


549 

400 
160 


Leghorn 


Tuscany. 

202 400 


Coasting, 


Total 




1,621,930 


741 



JUNE. 



Great Britain and Possessions. 



Liverpool 

London 

Glasgow 

Halifax 

Falmouth 

Gibraltar 

Newcastle 

Calcutta 

Cape of Good Hope 

Jersey 



879,778 155 

148,783 702 

7,523 187 

3,576 000 

2,578 533 

649 122 ' 

503 172 

377 000 

273 000 

143 200 

- — 1,044,185 701 



Havre 
Cette 
Marseilles 
Nantes 



Bordeaux 



73 

France. 

300,480 325 

35,584 318 

10,398 578 

4,144 000 

150 000 





United States. 


Baltimore 


67,014 003 


Richmond 


45,767 400 


New York 


41,825 998 


Philadelphia 


33,940 800 


Norfolk 


9,600 000 


Boston 


7,593 150 


Whaling 


4,595 220 



350,757 221 



210,336 571 



Portugal and Possessions. 



Lisbon 


87,147 784 


Oporto 


45,584 964 


G6a 


16,733 475 


Angola 


6,547 756 


Bombay 


4,122 293 


Fayal 


159 217 



10 



74 



Mozambique 


76 500 




Island of Terceira 


8 400 


160,381 389 








Hanseatic Towns. 




Hamburg 


99,530 544 




Bremen 


3,323 735 


102,854 279 



Belgium. 
Antwerp 64,595 670 



64,595 670 



Oriental State of Uruguay. 
Montevideo 58,469 506 



58,469 506 



Sicily. 



Messina 


21,494 299 






3,541 820 




Riporto 


2,151 100 


07 ICY 019 




Sardinia. 


& 1 ,X O 1 &X& 


Genoa 


22,556 891 








22,556 918 



75 

Spain and Possessions. 



Tarragona 
Rozas 
Malaga 
Canary Islands 



Buenos Ayres 



7,833 313 

6,524 080 

4,593 600 

76 000 



Argentine Republic. 



16,492 493 



19,026 993 



16,492 493 



Valparaiso 



Chili. 



9,456 000 



Holland. 



9 ; 456 000 



Amsterdam 


7,346 240 




Middelburg 
Rotterdam 


474 520 
204 800 


8,025 560 



Leghorn 



Tuscany. 



82 000 



82 000 



76 



Coasting, &c. 



1,298 700 



Total 



2,095,705 563 



JULY. 



Great Britain and Possessions. 



Liverpool 


882,657 028 


London 


142,698 187 


Glasgow- 


103,898 459 


Gibraltar 


17,459 117 


Newfoundland 


10,565 600 


Guernsey- 


7,936 731 


Jersey 


5,238 144 


Halifax 


1,649 600 


Falmouth 


927 936 


St. Helena 


307 500 




1,173,338 302 



France. 



Havre. 


336,311 891 




Bordeaux 


55,478 678 




Cette 


29,838 123 




Marseilles 


29,793 821 




Dunkerque 


243 600 


451,666 213 



11 

Hanseatic Towns. 



Hamburg 
Bremen 



229,824 874 
19,337 819 



249,162 693 



Portugal and Possessions. 



Oporto 

Lisbon 

Island of St. Michael 

Angola 

Macao 



62,901 537 

43,681 119 

927 420 

459 200 

256 000 





United States. 


Richmond 


42,340 000 


Boston 


28,819 840 


Baltimore 


12,333 080 


Alexandria 


6,920 050 


New York 


5,475 833 


Calais 


108 760 



108,225 276 



95,997 563 



Antwerp 



Belgium. 



62,505 332 



62,505 332 



78 
Spain and Possessions/ 

Tarragona 19,734 474 

Majorca 5,003 Oil 

Malaga 4,348 520 

Teneriffe 756. 942 

Rozas 533 133 

Cadiz 392 200 



30,668 280 



Stockholm 
Gottenburg 



Sweden. 



22,561 482 
22,308 329 



44,869 811 



Oriental State of Uruguay. 
Montevideo 36,400 580 



36,400 580 



Holland. 



Amsterdam 


25,930 595 


Rotterdam 


9,360 460 




9^ °01 0*1% 








Sicily. 


Messina 


12,010 048 



Other ports 



to 

7,056 000 

Sardinia. 



19,966 048 



Genoa 


12,736 000 




Cagliari 


4,425 000 


17,161 000 



Valparaiso 



Chili* 



5,280 400 



5,280 400 



Argentine Republic. 
Buenos Ayres 4,575 600 



4,575 60O 



Austria. 



Trieste 



Coasting, &c. 



Liverpool 



611 200 

611 200 

35,600 928 

Total 2,371,320 281 

AUGUST. 

Great Britain and Possessions. 
1,026,227 390 



London 

Gaspee 

Glasgow 

Gibraltar 

Jersey 

Cape of Good Hope 

Greenock 

Falmouth 

Newcastle 

Guernsey 



80 

87,178 692 

17,826 400 

13,391 920 

13,109 050 

6,600 400 

6,201 783 

1,255 200 

847 593 

283 400 

52 800 



1,172,974 628 



France. 



Havre 


309,969 314 




Cette 


59,606 442 




Marseilles 


46,341 893 




Bordeaux 


16,965 560 


432,883 209 



Portugal and Possessions. 



Lisbon 


115,714 183 


Oporto 


38,187 346 


Setubal 


2,728 346 


Loanda 


752 622 


GSa 


441 300 


Fayal 


248 000 



81 



Madeira 


216 000 






Bombay 


57 280 








,_, 


158,345 


770 










United States. 






Baltimore 


62,333 460 






Whaling 


52,010 670 






Richmond 


12,883 200 






New York 


6,903 025 






Calais 


2,100 000 






Norfolk 


1,520 000 






Boston 


1,089 360 






Philadelphia 


521 400 










139,361 


ITS 






1 L'J 




Hanseaiic Towns. 






Hamburg 


73,891 233 






Bremen 


5,315 188 










79,206 


421 



Oriental State of Uruguay. 
Montevideo 77,391 545 



77,391 545 



Belgium. 
Antwerp 39,162 315 

11 



39,162 315 



Tarragona 

Lan£arote 

Malaga 

Teneriffe 

Saiitander 



82 

Spain and Possessions. 

26,485 716 

8,320 000 

3,030 000 

296 919 

100 173 



38,232 808 



Amsterdam 



Messina 



Valparaiso 



Holland, 



28,790 335 



Sicily, 



28,290 860 



Chili. 



33,055 297 



Argentine Republic, 



28,790 335 



28,290 860 



33,055 297 



Buenos Ayres 



27,769 582 



27,769 582 



Trieste 



Altona 
Coasting &c. 



83 

Austria. 

25,270 613 

Sardinia. 



25,270 613 



Genoa 


7,424 440 




Cagliari 


3,859 492 


11,283 932 



Sweden. 



Gottenburg 


981 000 




Stockholm 


975 500 




- 




1,956 500 



Denmark. 



58 880 



Total 



58 880 
24,933 946 

2,318,565 063 



SEPTEMBER. 



Liverpool 



Great Britain and Possessions. 



793,205 598 



London 

Gibraltar 

Glasgow 

Jersey 

Guernsey 

Greenock 

Cape of Good Hope 

Malta 

Falmouth 



84 

61,277 773 

37,548 375 

7,954 950 

4,800 475 

4,709 096 

771 484 

262 305 

138 400 

12 424 



France. 



910,680 880 



Havre 


168,040 430 




Cette 


40,893 955 




Bordeaux 


30,009 374 




Marseilles 


29,866 306 


268,810 065 








Hanseatic Towns. 




Hamburg 


160,940 959 


160,940 959 



Portugal and Possessions. 



Lisbon 
Oporto 



77,963 314 
63,221 646 



85 

Isle of May 4,023 000 

GSa 1,253 760 

Isle of St. Michael 677 490 

Benguela 520 000 





United States. 


Baltimore 


34,327 886 


New York 


8,515 510 


Boston 


6,984 700 


Philadelphia 


5,568 000 


Richmond 


3,398 400 


Norfolk 


960 000 



147,659 210 



59,754 496 
Oriental State of Uruguay. 

Montevideo 53,133 874 

53,133 874 



Chili. 
Valparaiso 49,052 997 



49,052 997 



Sardinia. 
Genoa 45,085 461 



45,085 461 





86 








Belgium. 






Antwerp 


41,998 026 


41,998 


026 








Sweden. 






Flinsburg 
Stockholm 


29,185 289 
3,702 438 


32,887 


727 








Austria. 






Trieste 


21,537 178 


21,537 


178 








Spain, 






Tarragona 
Malaga 


18,410 678 
1,702 133 


20,112 


811 








Argentine Republic. 






Buenos Ayres 


26,715 890 


26,715 


890 








Sicily. 






Messina 
Trapani 


5,613 440 
2,647 040 


a.Qfln 


4«n 





87 








Holland. 






Amsterdam 


3,364 134 










3,364 
22,003 


134 


Coasting, &c. 




580 


Total 


1,871,997 


761 



EXPORT DUTIES. 



Coffee pays 9 per cent, on valuation. 
Sugars 2 do do* 

Tobacco 2 do do. 

Hides 2 do do. 

Horns 2 do do* 



CUSTOM HOUSE VALUATIONS. 



All nations paying jifeeen per cent, and one and a half 
per cent. Custom House fees, on articles entered for Con- 
snmption, and two per cent, on those deposited for Expor- 
tation. 







MIL 
REIS. 


REIS. 


Anchors and Grapnels, 


quintal 


10 


240 


Annisseed, 


arroba 


3 


200 


Almonds, sweet and soft shell, 


Do 


4 




Ale, Bottled, 


dozen 


3 


400 


Ashes, pot, 


pound 




400 


Brandy, Spanish, 
Do French, 


pipe 
Do 


100 
120 




Beef, American, 


arroba 


1 2 




Bag of coffee, grain 


vara 




220 


Brimstone in rolls, 


arroba 


5 


120 


Brass in sheets, 


pound 




400 


Bottles for wine, 


hundred 


6 


400 


Butter, 


arroba 


6 


400 


Copper, braziers, 


pound 




450 


Do sheathing. 


Do 




450 


Cables, chain, 


quintal 


12 




Do hemp 


Do 


14 





89 



Cordage, 

Codfish, 

Coal, 

Cloves, India, 

Cheese, Dutch, 

Do English, 

Candles, sperm, 

Do tallow, 

Chairs, American, 

Corks, 

Demijohns, 

Flour, American, 

Gin in pipes, 

Do cases or jugs, 

Iron Hoops, 

Do bars, English, 

Do rods, do 

Do bars, Swedish, 

Do rods, do 

Ivory, Elephants' teeth, 

Leather, Morocco, 

Lead, sheet, 

Do bars, 

Maccaroni and Vermicelle, 

Nankeen, India blue, * 

Do Canton, 

Do yellow, wide, 



Do 



do 



narrow. 
12 



Do 


14 




Do 


6 


400 


ton 


8 




pound 




100 


each 




600 


pound 




320 


pound 




500 


arroba 




200 


each 


3 


200 


thousand 


1 


600 


each 




700 


barrel 


9 


600 


pipe 


100 




dozen 


3 




quintal 


6 


400 


Do 


4 


800 


Do 


6 


400 


Do 


7 




Do 


9 




pound 




800 


dozen 


36 




quintal 


9 




Do 


8 




arroba 


3 


200 


piece 


1 


800 


Do 


1 


800 


Do 


1 


800 


Do 


1 


200 



90 



Nails, Spike, 8 and 5 inch, 


quintal 


16 


500 


Do do 4§ and 3§, 


thousand 


10 




Osnaburgs, fine, 


vara 




30O 


Do ordinary, 


Do 




220 


Oil, Portuguese, Olive, 


pipe 


140 




Do Mediterranean, Do 


Do 


140 




Do Linseed, 


Do 


90 




Do Rape, 


Do 


90 




Do Whale, 


Do 


90 




Olives, 


ancoreta 




600 


Pork, American, 


arroba 


2 


600 


Paper, folio post and small, 


ream 


9 


600 


Do Foolscap, 


Do 


9 


600 


Do Almasso, 


Do 


2 


600 


Do Florette 


Do 


2 


650 


Pepper, black, 


pound 




150 


Pitch, 


barrel 


8 




Rosin, 


quintal 


3 




Russia Duck, wide, 


piece 


12 




Do do narrow, 


Do 


10 




Raven's do wide, English 


vara 




780 


Do do narrow do 


Do 




400 


Raisins, Muscatel, 


box 


3 


200 


Steel, Milan, 


quintal 


9 




Do Swedish 


Do 


7 




Sheeting, Russia wide, 


piece 


12 




Shot, 


quintal 


10 




Sail Cloth, Russia wide, 


piece 


18 





91 



Do English 


Do 


Do 


16 


800 


Do do 


narrow, 


Do 


12 




Snuff, Lisbon, 




pound 


1 


500 


Silk for sewing, 




Do 


6 




Soap, 




arroba 


3 


840 


Salt 




alqneire 


6 




Salt petre 




arroba 


4 


800 


Turpentine, spirits i 


of 


pound 




200 


Tar, American, 




barrels 


3 




Do Swedish, 




Do 


6 




Tea, Pearl, 




pound 


1 


200 


Do Hyson, 




Do 


1 




Twine, Sailmakers 




Do 




450 


Do Shoemakers 


h 


arroba 


6 




Tin sheets, 




box 


14 


400 


Tortoise Shell, 




pound 


16 




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ESTABLISHED CHARGES 



OF THE 



American Commission Houses at Rio de Janeiro. 



On sales of merchandize, 5 per ct. 

Guarantee on credit sales, 2§ do 

Interest on cash advanced, 1 do pr. mo. 

On purchase of merchandise, on cost 

and charges, 24 do 

On sales or purchase of vessels by pri- 
vate contract, 2| do 

On sales of vessels condemned as un- 

seaworthy, 5 do 

On disbursements of vessels in ordi- 
nary cases, 2\ do 

On disbursements of vessels, funds ad- 
vanced, or of condemned vessels, or 
of vessels entering for repair, 5 do 

On receiving and forwarding goods, 1 do 

On amount of responsibilities incurred 

thereon, 2| do 

On consignments of merchandise with- 
drawn or shipped, full commission to 
be charged to the extent of advances 



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on responsibilities incurred, and half 

commissions on the residue of value. 
On receiving or paying money from 

which no other commission has been 

derived, 1 do 

Sale or purchase of specie, i do 

For effecting insurance, | do 

Procuring or collecting freight, 2J do 

Remittance in bills not endorsed, J do 

Drawing or endorsing a bill, 2| do 

Storage on all dry goods, 1 do 

No interest will be allowed for money in deposite. 

As there has been no fixed charge in the case of dis- 
charging and reshipping the cargoes of vessels in dis- 
tress, that prescribed by the New York Chamber of 
Commerce, on the invoice amounts 2\ per cent, is in 
usage. 

N. B. When there is a supercargo, half commission 
on sales of merchandise returned to him, but no return 
is made on purchases, or any other transactions. 



95 
PORT CHARGES 

Of a Ship of two hundred and fifty tons entering in 
firanquia, and proceeding without breaking bulk. 



MIL 
REIS. 



Entry and clearance, and Interpreter at Cus- 
tom House, 2 680 
Light dues on 250 tons a 100 25 
Anchorage dues^five days a 2-500, 12 500 
Secretary of State's account, port dues, 76 340 
American Consul's bill of fees 18 a 1-300, 23 400 



Rs. 139 920 

Commission 2\ per cent. 3 498 



Rs. 143 418 



PORT CHARGES 

Of a Ship of tivo hundred and fifty tons entering in full 
and discharging* 



Entry and clearance, and Interpreter at Cus- 
tom House, 2 680 
Light dues on 350 tons a 100 reis, 25 



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Anchorage dues 20 days a 2-500 reis per 

day, 50 

Secretary of State's account, port dues, 76 340 

American Consul's bill of fees 18 a 1-300 23 400 



Rs. 17? 420 

Commission 2^ per cent. 4 435 



Rs. 181 855 

Regulated by the number of persons and Consular 
Seals. 



BAY OF RIO DE JANEIRO 

In the Province of the same name. 



The Capital of the Empire is situated on its borders. 
This bay has its entrance immediately from the Sea, in 
Latitude 22° 56^ South, and Longitude 45° 34' West, 
with sufficient depth of water for any class of Vessels 
to enter without risk or danger. It extends from South 
to North five leagues, widening by degrees nearly six 
leagues East and West. This bay is replete with many 
picturesque Islands under cultivation, and small rivers 
from the interior are its constant attributes, from whence 
arrive daily, boats and barks ladened with the produce 
of the adjoining country for the City consumption. It 
affords a vast port of entry for the Capital. On the op- 
posite side of the Bay is the Town of Nitherohy, from 
whence two small Steamboats ply daily to the City of 
Rio de Janeiro with passengers. 

RIO DE JANEIRO. 

The Capital of the Province of the same name, and 
of the Empire, situated on the Eastern part of the Bay, 
one league from the mouth of the harbour. It is de- 
fended by two forts near the entrance, St. Cruz and 
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98 

Lage, and several others situated in different places 
which completely defends the City. The Town is en- 
vironed by many eminences, the most conspicuous are 
the Castello, or Castle Hill, Pallacio do Bispo, Bishops 
Palace, St. Diogo, St. James, Morro do Liviamento, 
Hill of Deliverance, Mai d' Agua, Grand Water Source, 
St. Teresa, on which there is situated a Convent of 
Nuns, St. Anthony and St. Bento, both of which have 
a Religious Institution of Monks. The City is divided 
into the Old and New Town, separated by the Campo of 
St. Anna, or Field of Honour. There are situated in 
this Square many splendid buildings, both public and 
private. The Senate Chamber, War Department, Bar- 
racks, General Quarters for the Commander-in-chief of 
the Army, District Court, also the Museum which is 
opened every Thursday for the public. 

In the centre uf this Square there is a most splendid 
fountain which is lit up at night for the accommodation 
of the inhabitants ; here the "Emperor, Don Pedro II. re- 
views his troops, and where all other military exercises 
take place. 

In the old town is the Largo do Pago, or Palace 
Square, near which is the Emperor's Palace, facing the 
Sea and on the principal street, Rua Direita. 

The Imperial Chapel, and a beautiful fountain of 
water (which supplies all the shipping, foreign and 
national ) embellishes this part of the City. Near the 
Palace is the House of Deputies. 



99 

The Churches are very splendid buildings. St. Fran- 
cisco de Paulo, with an hospital for the reception of all 
those who belong the order of the said Church. A 
garden of medicinal plants is also attached to this 
Church. Near at hand is the Military Academy, and 
further on, the Largo do Rocio, or Square of Roscius 
on which is situated the National Theatre, a splendid 
building. The Carioca Square, where there is an ex- 
tensive fountain, which supplies nearly half the City 
with water conveyed from the mountain many leagues 
by aqueducts. The houses have generally flower gar- 
dens attached to them. 

The Gloria, an eminence of note, having a Church 
dedicated to the Virgin. On its summit, from whence 
there is a Bird's-eye View of the entire of the Harbour, 
and where there are several most desirable, handsome, 
dwellings, inhabited chiefly by foreigners of distinction. 

Pria de Flanego, and Catette-fallow, where are many 
desirable residences. 

Bota iSogo, an extensive Beach, where are likewise 
as many handsome buildings. 

On the extreme side of the City is Valongo Gamboa, 
where is situated the English Burial Ground. 

Saco d' Alferes, and St. Christophs, where the Em- 
peror has his Summer Palace. The City, including the 
surburbs, takes up a space of from four to five leagues. 
The Botanical garden is well worthy of notice, and also 
the Corcovado Mountain, rearing its summit above it 



100 

many hundred feet, and very difficult to ascend. There 
is also an Hospital for Lepers, and others afflicted with 
incurable diseases. 

The present Emperor, Don Pedro II. , being in his 
minority, the Empire is under the direction of a Regen- 
cy (the Empeior is Supreme.) There are six Secreta- 
iies of State, viz : Empire ; State and Foreign Rela- 
tions ; Navy ; War ; Justice ; and Treasury. A Su- 
preme Tribunal of Justice ; a Supreme Military Tribu- 
nal ; a Public Treasury ; a Chamber of Commerce ; and 
a Board of Agriculture and of Navigation; a Court to 
try all cases, civil and criminal \ an Imperial Custom 
House, and a splendid building, the Merchants Ex- 
change ; a Mathematical and Philosophical College ; a 
Nautical School ; a Medical and Surgical Academy; a 
Public Library, belonging to the Crown ; a Cabinet of 
Zoology and Mineralogy ; a Chemical Laboratory. 

There is also a Public Hospital, where all destitute 
sick persons can go to and be duly attended, free of 
charge ; an Orphan Asylum ; a Poor House,%and other 
charitable institutions, many of them belonging to the 
different churches and orders. In each district there is 
a Public School established ; and there are also many 
other private well conducted ones. There is also the 
Paseo Publico, or public walk, where numbers of per- 
sons walk during the evening; this walk faces the sea, 
from whence there is a fine prospect of the whole har- 
bour. The Government has an extensive printing es- 



101 

tablishment ; there are also many private ones. Two 
arsenals, for army and navy, a powder manufactory and 
magazine, and a dry dock for vessels of war, which is 
nearly completed, situated on the Island of Cobras, and 
formed within a solid rock. The city is divided into 
eight districts. The legislative body, on meeting, hear 
mass at the Imperial Chapel, where the Emperor and 
royal family, with the attendants of the Court, likewise 
attend. Since the departure of the Ex-Emperor, Don 
Pedro I., a corps called the National Guards, (an or- 
ganized militia,) has been established, and likewise a 
corps called the Permanent Guard, this last is to guard 
the city at night, and is paid by Government, and sub- 
ject to the Police department. The latitude of the Pro- 
vince is between 21° and 24 South. Here are many 
fine fruits, and beautiful trees, shrubs, and flowers, 
medicinal plants, minerals, gold and silver ore, and 
many precious stones. 

The climate is very fine, and the inhabitants are ge- 
nerally healthy and well proportioned ; the market of 
late years has been very well provided with vegetables 
and fruits of the season ; and at present there are seve- 
ral French hotels, very necessary and most useful for 
so large and frequented city as Rio de Janeiro. This 
Province is the most productive and valuable that Brazil 
owns. The population of the Province, by the census 
taken in 1837, is about five hundred and fifty thousand 
souls, and the city contains, of that number, two hun- 



102 

dred and fifty thousand, including the many strangers 
who frequent here during the year. 

The navy of the Empire of Brazil is not considerable 
in numbers; they have, notwithstanding stationary in 
the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro, two line of battle ships, 
(in ordinary;) likewise two frigates of the first class, 
constructed in the United States, highly considered for 

their models and fast sailing. They have several cor- 
vettes and schooners ; these last, under the command of 
a Lieutenant, act as Government packets to the North- 
ern and Southern ports, and carry the mails. Posts, to 
all transitable parts, are also established by land. 



ILHA GRANDE, 

Situated on the coast of the Province of Rio de Ja- 
neiro; latitude 23° 12' South, longitude 46° 35' 58* 
West; the Harbour has from ten to thirty-five fathom 
depth of water. It abounds with wood. Coffee, sugar, 
and rum are abundant ; fish in great plenty ; fruits and 
vegetables are likewise plenty and cheap. Whalers in 
general touch at this Island for wood, water, &c. 



ESPIRITO SANTO. 

This Province abounds with valuable woods for ma- 
nufacture; drugs, medicinal plants, oils, balsam copa- 



103 

via, Peru balsam, Dragon's blood, &c. ; sugar cane, 
cotton, coffee, rice, and corn are cultivated here j fruits 
and vegetables are abundant, and fish is plentiful. 

The Sardinians are the only nation who trade with 
this port ; their cargoes there consist of jerked beef, 
either from Rio Grande or Montevideo ; the harbour is 
easy of access. The full one half of the sugars export- 
ed from Rio de Janeiro for foreign markets, is that of 
this Province, and campos adjacent to it; as likewise 
the rose wood, which are brought round by coasters. 



PROVINCE OF BAHIA, 

Town Saint Salvador, and Bay of the same name. 

Situated in latitude 12° 58' North, longitude 40° 55^ 
West. The city is divided into the lower and upper 
town. The lower town is the commercial part, and the 
upper is that of the dwelling houses and public build- 
ings ; there are many handsome gardens in the envi- 
rons, and several fountains in the city. The Presi- 
dent's Palace is a magnificent building, and the Cathe- 
dral is likewise a splendid edifice; there are several 
churches and convents. The hospital, " Da Misericor- 
dia," is where the sick are attended free of charge. 
A medical and surgical college, and some schools for 



104 

education. A small theatre and a public walk consti- 
tute the amusements of the inhabitants. The harbour 
is good, easy of access, and any description of vessel 
can lay here at anchor in safety. There is likewise an 
arsenal, where several ships have been built for the Bra- 
zilian Navy. The population of this Province is about 
six hundred and fifty thousand souls ; and its produc- 
tions are sugar, rum, rezinous gums, coffee, rice, and 
tobacco ; and its exports generally consists of the same. 
This port is frequented by American, English, French, 
Sardinian, and Hamburgese vessels. The English im- 
port a quantity of dry goods, &c. ; the Americans, flour; 
and all take cargo of the produce above stated, either 
bound home or to foreign markets. 

The artificial feather flower is made here by the nuns 
in great perfection, and are highly valued. 



PROVINCE OF PERNAMBUCO. 

Situated in latitudes between 7° 30' and 9° North. 
The river St. Francisco empties itself into the ocean 
on its borders. A quantity of cotton is cultivated in 
this Province, and also a quantity of sweetmeats are 
made here; the fruits are remarkably fine and abundant. 

Wood is esteemed here as good and durable for manu- 
facture. The principal wood here is called Pao do Bra- 
zil, Brazil wood. The town Olinda is on an eminence; 



105 

and has good substantial houses in it, two or three 
fountains, an Hospital for the poor and sick, several 
Convents and Churches, and one Church here called the 
Ancient Cathedral, the largest church in Brazil, There 
are here also several seminaries for the education of 
youth. A President, appointed by the Emperor, rules 
the Province; his residence is near the Botanical Gar- 
den, a very well conducted establishment. The popula- 
tion of the Province is about three hundred and forty 
thousand. Trade here is fluctuating ; but always 
enough to keep several American, English, and French 
houses active in business. The principal productions 
are cotton, sugar, tobacco, and coffee ; and the exports 
are the same. The orange of this Province is con- 
sidered the first in Brazil. 



THE PROVINCE OF MARANHAN, 

Is situated between the latitudes 1° 16' North and 7° 
35 f South. Being near the equator the weather is ra- 
ther stormy during the months of October, November, 
and December, they being the summer months. The 
face of the country is generally level; the wood is abun- 
dant and fine for manufacture ; they cultivate rice here, 
and their fruits are delicious and plentiful; they also 

cultivate large quantities of cotton. A quantity of 
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106 

gums are found here, as also many minerals. St. Luis 
is the capital. The only buildings of any note it has, 
are two Convents, an Hospital, and the President's resi- 
dence ; the market is generally well supplied, and there 
is always a great abundance of fish, which is very fine ; 
the Harbour admits of any sized vessel coming up to 
anchor, and is defended by two forts. 

The population is two hundred thousand souls in the 
Province. Commerce is pretty briskly carried on by 
the English, and some few Americans and French. 

The English export annually, considerable quantity of 
cotton for manufacture, 



THE PROVINCE OF PARA. 

The greater part of this Province is situated on the 
equator, confined by the ocean on the North, and by 
Maranhan on the Northeast by Dutch Guinea on the 
South — Mata Grossa, and confines of Peru, on the 
West. Its climate is salubrious, but the weather is ge- 
nerally sultry, and rains are very frequent at mid-day. 
The forests abound with large and splendid trees, flow- 
ers, and shrubs, fruits and vegetables are abundant; 
medicinal plants and gums are also found here in abun- 
dance; also minerals and precious stones, and other 
rich productions. They have a great quantity of cattle 



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here, which generally goes wild. In fact the inhabi- 
tants are not so much civilized as those farther South. 
The river Amazon the most renowned in the world runs 
through this Province; the Harbour is capacious and 
capable of receiving any kind of shipping at anchor in 
safety. 

Cocoa, Sarsaparilla, Sassafras, Columbo, and Ipeca- 
cuanha, are very abundant here. 

Population, one hundred and seventy-six thousand in 
the Province. 



PARANAGUA, 

A port, belonging to the Province of St. Pauls, in 
latitude 25° 31' 3 U South, longitude 50° 56' W. The 
produce exported from the port, consists of wood for 
manufacture, sugar, coffee, rice. The Harbour is capa- 
cious. Some few Hamburgese vessels have traded 
there with success; fish is abundant and cheap. 



SANTOS, 

A town in the Province of St. Pauls, situated near 
the sea, in latitude 23° 56 n South, longitude 4S° 'West. 
It has many good dwellings in it, as also some fine 
Churches, two Convents, and a Hospital for the poor 



108 

and sick. The President's dwelling in this town is 
called the Pala^o ; this building was built and once oc- 
cupied by the Jesuits. There is a considerable coasting 
trade here. 

Sugars are generally exported from this port by fo- 
reign vessels to Europe. The river is large and spa- 
cious, and admits of any class of vessels passing up ; the 
entrance is defended by a fort, beyond which there is 
another. The soil is rather sandy ; the climate, though 
rains are very frequent, is very salubrious ; fruits are not 
very good here ; fish is abundant and cheap. 

The population is about ten thousand souls. 



SAINT CATHERINE, 

An island, situated near the coast of Brazil, and un- 
der its dominion, in latitude about 28° South. The en- 
trance of the river is defended by two forts. The coun- 
try is fertile, and abounds in water; fruits, and vegeta- 
bles of Europe can be cultivated here. The great ex- 
port formerly of this Province, w T as whale oil. The 
people are very industrious. The trade of this place is 
inconsiderable ; one American house does most of the 
foreign business here. The population is about fifty 
thousand souls. American whalers tcuch at this island 
frequently for supplies, &c. The articles of foreign 



109 

production, imported and manufactured here, are com- 
monly brought round by coasters from Rio de Janeiro. 
Some flour goes direct from the United States. The 
Harbour is commodious and safe. Handsome feather 
flowers are made here by the nuns. They likewise 
raise Indian Corn and Beans in plenty, which is gener- 
ally sent round by coasters to Rio de Janeiro for 
market. 



RIO GRANDE DO SUL. 

This Province is situated on the Sea Board, in lati- 
tude between 28° 53' and 33° South. It produces an 
immense number of Wild Cattle, and the principal ex- 
port is Beef and Tongues, salted and barrelled up, 
Hides, Tallow, Jerked Beef, Ox Horns, Indian Corn, 
Beans, &c. The climate is temperate, rather cold, and 
the air salubrious, the soil sandy. The fruits and vege- 
tables of Europe can be, and are, cultivated here ; the 
Peach is fine and abundant. The People differ in dis- 
position to the rest of Brizilians ; they pride themselves, 
upon what they call or consider to be liberty, and the 
enjoyment of equal rights ; giving rise to civil commo- 
tions, injurious to the peaceful prosecution of lawful 
pursuits, to social intercourse, and general benefit of 
the State. 



110 

PORTO ALEGRE, 

Is the capital of this Province, latitude 30° South 
and longitude 54° West. The town has the appear- 
ance of an amphitheatre ; the President of the Pro- 
vince, and other high authorities, reside here ; the build- 
ings are generally good, but few of note. The fruits 
generally are abundant and excellent. 

American, English, and other vessels, must necessa- 
rily lighten their^lading at Rio Grande, so as to be en- 
abled to proceed up to Porto Alegre, the river depth of 
water not admitting the ascending of a heavy ladened 
vessel. The American trade has increased considera- 
bly within a few years, and has generally been transact- 
ed by the commercial establishment of Isaac Austin 
Hayes, Esquire, at Rio Grande and Port Alegre. The 
population of this Province is estimated at about one 
hundred and seventy thousand souls. 



ST. JOSEPH OF THE NORTH, 

A town of the Province of Rio Grande do Sul, situ- 
ated on the Eastern side of Ducks Lake, one league 
above the Bar, opposite of the town of St Peter, it is 
the anchoring place for the ships which take in cargo 
on the South side of the Island. It is situated on san- 



Ill 

dy soil, which shifts with the wind, to the degree oi 
covering up buildings, notwithstanding which, there are 
some good two story houses built of brick. This place 
abounds in provisions, and is very commercial, 



LIST OF THE PLACES 

Where Custom Houses are situated, according to 
Article first of the Regulations. 

Rio de Janeiro, 

Bahia, 

Pernambuco, 

Maranhan, 

Paia, 

Rio Grande and St. Joseph, North, 

Port Alegre, 

Santos, 

Parahiba, 

Ceara, 

St. Catherine, 

Alagons, 

Serigipa, 

Espirito Santo, 

Rio Grande, North, 

Paranagua, 

Parnahiba, 

St. Peters, South. 



FOREIGN VESSELS OF WAR 

Of Friendly Powers with the Empire of Brazil. 



Regulation upon sailing out of the Harbour of Rio de 
Janeiro, at sunset, or before the break of day. 

During the absence of a Diplomatic Agent of the 
United States, at the Court of Brazil, which was, from 
the departure, after taking final leave of this Court, of 
the honorable E. A. Brown, Charge d'Affaires of the 
United States, in April, 1S34, until the arrival of the 
honorable William Hunter, (successor of Mr. Brown,) 
who arrived at Rio de Janeiro in January, 1835. 

Don Aureliano de Souza e Oliveira Coutinho, one of 
His Majesty's, the Emperor's Council, Minister and 
Secretary of State for the Affairs of Justice, and charged 
with the Department for Foreign Relations, in conse- 
quence of the above stated absence, addressed, as of 
course, an accredited Agent of the United States, that 
His Excellency's communication should have its due ef- 
fect, and addressed John Martin Baker, then United 
States Consul for Rio de Janeiro, residing in the city. 

The communication is important to Vessels of War 

of Foreign Nations upon the intention of sailing out of 
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114 

the Harbour at sunset, or during the night, designating 
the Regulation approved by His Majesty, the Emperor, 
and the form of signal to be made, so as to pass the 
Fort of Santa Cruz, thereby to avoid accident, and pre- 
vent any circumstance which would in any wise inter- 
rupt that harmony and good understanding now existing 
with foreign powers. 

Official Note from His Excellency, the Minister of State? 
charged with the Department for Foreign Relations, 
to John Martin Baker, "United States Consul. 

[translation.] 

The undersigned, one of his Majesty's, the Emperor's 
Council, Secretary of State for the Affairs of Justice, 
and charged with the Department for Foreign Relations, 
has the honour to communicate to Mr. J. M. Baker, Con- 
sul of the United States of America, that the Govern- 
ment of His Imperial Majesty, desirous to avoid any 
disagreeable event, upon the sailing of the Vessels of 
War, of Friendly Powers, leaving this Harbour at sun- 
set, or before the break of day, has ordained the obser- 
vance of the Orders contained in the enclosed copies, 

which the undersigned, hastens to transmit to Mr. 
Baker, praying him to communicate the same to the Of- 
ficer commanding the Naval Forces of the United 
States, anchored in this Harbour. 



115 

The undersigned renews to Mr. J. M. Baker expres- 
sions of his consideration and esteem. 
Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 
July 31, 1834. 
(Signed) AURELIANO DE SOUZA 
E OLIVEIRA COUTINHO. 

[reply.] 

United States Consulate, 

Rio de Janeiro, 
August 2, 1834. 

The undersigned, Consul of the United States of 
America, for Rio de Janeiro and Dependencies, has the 
honor to inform His Excellency, Don Aureliano de 
Souza e Oliveira Coutinho, Minister of State, &c, &c, 
that a Translation of his Excellency's Official Note of 
the thirty-first ultimo, which the Minister has been 
pleased to address to the undersigned, with the enclo- 
sure, will be sent to the Commander of the United States 
Naval Forces, upon this station, without loss of time, 
agreeably to his Excellency's request ; and avails of this 
occasion to renew to Don Aureliano de Souza e Oli- 
veira Coutinho sincere sentiments of the highest conside- 
ration and respect. 

(Signed) JOHN MARTIN BAKER, 

United States Consul. 



FORM ESTABLISHED 

To be observed, and signals to be made by Vessels 
of War of Friendly Powers, upon their sailing 
out of the Harbour of Rio de Janeiro at sun- 
set, or before the break of day. 



Example of the notification, timely to be communi- 
cated to the Officer commanding Fort Santa Cruz. 
On board his Majesty's ship Wellesley, nineteenth Sep- 
tember, 1825. 
His Britanic Majesty's ship Blanche, intends to leave 
the Harbour this evening after sunset, or some time 
during the night, and will hoist two lights perpendicu- 
larly at the Mizen Peak, as a distinguishing signal to the 
Fort. 

(Signed) GEORGE EYRE, 

Rear Admiral, Commander-in-Chief or Senior Officer, 

Commanding His Majesty's Ships and Vessels. 
To the Officer Commanding Fort Santa Cruz. 

[translation.] 

His Majesty, the Emperor, having approved of the 
method proposed by the Rear Admiral of the British 



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Squadron, anchored in this Harbour, officially communi- 
cated by His Britanic Majesty's Consul General, Henry 
Chamberlain, Esquire, and likewise by the Rear Admiral, 
for notifying the Fort of Santa Cruz upon the Vessels 
of War of His Britanic Majesty intending to sail out of 
this Harbour at sunset, or during the night. His Ma- 
jesty directs, through the Department of War, that this 
communication be made to the Lieutenant-General and 
Military Governor of this Court and Province, for his 
information and observance in passing the necessary or- 
ders for its due fulfilment. 
(Signed) 

JOAO VEIRA DE CARVALHO. 
A True Copy : 
(Signed) 

LUIS DA COSTA 
F. ALMEIDA. 
Palace, September 23, 1825. 

[copy.] 

United States Consulate, 

Rio pe Janeiro, 
August 5, 1834. 

Commodore James Renshaw, 

Commander-in-Chief of the United States 

Naval Forces on the Coast of Brazil. 
Sir : I have the honour to communicate herewith 
translation of a note addressed to me by His Excellency, 



118 

the Minister of State and Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 
under date the thirty-first ultimo, accompanied with an 
enclosure in English, copy of which is likewise herewith 
enclosed ; which last is the form designated, of signals, 
&c, for Vessels of War of Friendly Powers, to be 
adopted upon their sailing from this Harbour at sunset, 
or before the break of day. And which, at the request 
of his Excellency, the Secretary of State, I have the 
honour to communicate to you, sir, without loss of time. 
I have the honour to be, sir, with respect, 

Your obedient servant, 
(Signed) JOHN M. BAKER, 

United States Consul for 

Rio de Janeiro and Dependencies. 



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